Water treatment system, apparatus and method
AssigneeWater Rite Limited
InventorAndrew Peter Musson
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Abstract
The invention relates to a water treatment apparatus, method and system for use in the treatment of wastewater or contaminated water, the apparatus including an energisable material or base platform configured and arranged for placement in the flow of wastewater, the platform having a substantial surface area with a media layer suitable for use in hosting bacterial cultures, and further including an energisable layer attachable to the media layer which, when energized with an electrostatic negative voltage charge from a direct current power source, can attract suspended solids in the wastewater and bond aerobic bacterial cultures to the media layer, and whereby additional media can be introduced into the area about the energisable material or layer that can also attract suspended solids thereto.
Claims8
A water treatment system for use in the treatment of wastewater or contaminated water in a pond or chamber, the system including a material capable of being energised or electrically charged to form an active electrode, the pond or chamber having a solid surface that is electrically connected to ground potential to define a reference electrode, the energisable material being configured and arranged for placement in the flow of water, and being supplied, in use, with a negative low voltage charge from a direct current power source to induce a negative voltage charge in the water so as to enhance the bonding qualities of solid surfaces in the water environment effected by the area of the induced charge such that the surfaces attract suspended solids in the water and cause the bonding of aerobic bacterial cultures to the surfaces.
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